CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoTrump threatens to reduce US troop numbers in Germany after clash with Merzwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down12
arrow-up1127arrow-down1external-linkTrump threatens to reduce US troop numbers in Germany after clash with Merzwww.independent.co.ukCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareRedSnt ♾️🦋♂️👓🖥️@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 day agoDidn’t US soldiers stationed in Germany have to use German food banks in order to even eat a few months back? https://www.euronews.com/2025/11/05/government-shutdown-us-army-tells-soldiers-in-germany-to-go-to-the-food-bank
minus-squareajikeshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoyep… the were sent to the “Tafel” by their superiors despite being not eligible, due to them having a job and having not filed for social security payments. Also germany pays substantial parts of costs for building the military bases (e.g. about 1/6 of the costs of a military hospital on the rammstein base https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2024-04-22/rhine-ordnance-barracks-medical-center-construction-cost-13623428.html )
Didn’t US soldiers stationed in Germany have to use German food banks in order to even eat a few months back?
https://www.euronews.com/2025/11/05/government-shutdown-us-army-tells-soldiers-in-germany-to-go-to-the-food-bank
yep… the were sent to the “Tafel” by their superiors despite being not eligible, due to them having a job and having not filed for social security payments.
Also germany pays substantial parts of costs for building the military bases (e.g. about 1/6 of the costs of a military hospital on the rammstein base https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2024-04-22/rhine-ordnance-barracks-medical-center-construction-cost-13623428.html )